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AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF ANDREW DICKSON WHITE
WITH PORTRAITS

VOLUME I
NEW YORK THE CENTURY CO. 1905

Copyright, 1904, 1905, by THE CENTURY CO. ---- Published March,
1905

THE DE VINNE PRESS
TO MY OLD STUDENTS THIS RECORD OF MY LIFE IS
INSCRIBED WITH MOST KINDLY RECOLLECTIONS AND BEST
WISHES
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART I--ENVIRONMENT AND EDUCATION
CHAPTER I
. BOYHOOD IN CENTRAL NEW YORK--1832-1850
The ``Military Tract'' of New York. A settlement on the headwaters of
the Susquehanna. Arrival of my grandfathers and grandmothers.
Growth of the new settlement. First recollections of it. General
character of my environment. My father and mother. Cortland
Academy. Its twofold effect upon me. First schooling. Methods in
primary studies. Physical education. Removal to Syracuse. The
Syracuse Academy. Joseph Allen and Professor Root; their influence;
moral side of the education thus obtained. General education outside
the school. Removal to a ``classical school''; a catastrophe. James W.
Hoyt and his influence. My early love for classical studies. Discovery
of Scott's novels. ``The Gallery of British Artists.'' Effect of sundry
conventions, public meetings, and lectures. Am sent to Geneva College;
treatment of faculty by students. A ``Second Adventist'' meeting;
Howell and Clark; my first meeting with Judge Folger. Philosophy of
student dissipation at that place and time.
CHAPTER II
. YALE AND EUROPE--1850-1857
My coup d'tat. Removal to Yale. New energy in study and reading.
Influence of Emerson, Carlyle, and Ruskin. Yale in 1850. My
disappointment at the instruction; character of president and professors;

perfunctory methods in lower-class rooms; ``gerund-grinding'' vs.
literature; James Hadley--his abilities and influence, other professors;
influence of President Woolsey, Professors Porter, Silliman, and Dana;
absence of literary instruction; character of that period from a literary
point of view; influences from fellow-students. Importance of political
questions at that time. Sundry successes in essay writing. Physical
education at Yale; boating. Life abroad after graduation; visit to Oxford;
studies at the Sorbonne and Collge de France; afternoons at the
Invalides; tramps through western and central France. Studies at St.
Petersburg. Studies at Berlin. Journey in Italy; meeting with James
Russell Lowell at Venice. Frieze, Fishburne, and studies in Rome.
Excursions through the south of France. Return to America. Influence
of Buckle, Lecky, and Draper. The atmosphere of Darwin and Spencer.
Educational environment at the University of Michigan.
PART II--POLITICAL LIFE
CHAPTER III
. FROM JACKSON TO FILLMORE--1832-1851
Political division in my family; differences between my father and
grandfather; election of Andrew Jackson. First recollections of
American politics, Martin Van Buren. Campaign of 1840; campaign
songs and follies. Efforts by the Democrats; General Crary of Michigan;
Corwin's speech. The Ogle gold-spoon speech. The Sub-Treasury
Question. Election of General Harrison; his death. Disappointment in
President Tyler. Carelessness of nominating conventions as to the
second place upon the ticket. Campaign of 1844. Clay, Birney, and
Polk. Growth of anti-slavery feeling. Senator Hale's lecture. Henry
Clay's proposal, The campaign of 1848; General Taylor vs. General
Cass. My recollections of them both. State Conventions at this period.
Governor Bouck; his civility to Bishop Hughes. Fernando Wood; his
method of breaking up a State Convention. Charles O'Conor and John
Van Buren; boyish adhesion to Martin Van Buren against General
Taylor; Taylor's election; his death. My recollections of Millard
Fillmore. The Fugitive Slave Law.
CHAPTER IV
. EARLY MANHOOD--1851-1857

``Jerry'', his sudden fame. Speeches of Daniel Webster and Henry Clay
at Syracuse on the Fugitive Slave Law ; their prophecies. The ``Jerry
Rescue.'' Trials of the rescuers. My attendance at one of them. Bishop
Loguen's